bloater• Now, at forty-three, he had to be content with cardboardbloaters!• We cured all our bloaters and our kippers, at one time.
Originbloater
(1800-1900)bloat“to preserve with salt and smoke”((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from blote“soft and wet”((1300-1400)), probably from Old Norseblautr; → BLOATED